Final Results

RNS Number : 4679Z

EMIS Group PLC

16 March 2012

 



                                                                                                                          16 March 2012

EMIS Group plc

Preliminary Results for the financial year ended 31 December 2011

EMIS Group plc ("EMIS Group" or "the Group"), the UK's leading supplier of clinical software and related services to GPs and other healthcare practitioners, today announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2011.

Financial highlights

	2011	2010	Increase
Total revenue	£73.2m	£61.9m	18%
Recurring revenue	£61.1m	£50.8m	20%
Operating profit from continuing operations
·     reported	£21.5m	£18.3m	17%
·     adjusted(1)(2)	£20.8m	£18.2m	14%
Cash generated from continuing operations(3)	£27.1m	£20.2m	34%
Net cash	£8.0m	£1.7m	£6.3m
EPS from continuing operations
·     reported	28.71p	23.31p	23%
·     2010 adjusted(4)		25.27p	14%
Dividends
§ proposed final	6.2p	5.6p	11%
§ total dividend for year	12.4p	11.2p	11%

⁽¹⁾          The calculation excludes capitalised development costs and adds back all amortisation charged in the year.

⁽²⁾          2010 also adjusted to exclude flotation and other transaction costs of £1.26m.

⁽³⁾          Stated after deduction of capitalised development costs of £3.8m (2010: £3.8m). 

⁽⁴⁾          Calculation excludes flotation and other transaction costs of £1.26m less related tax relief of £0.16m.

Operational highlights⁽¹⁾

§ UK GP software market leading position maintained:

o  UK market share 53.1% (5,397 GP practices)  (2010: 53.8% (5,576 GP Practices))

§ EMIS Web GP controlled roll-out continued and by the year end:

o  360 GP practices installed (2010: 44)

o  1,565 orders placed in total (2010: 433)

o  2,359 practices in the EMIS Web GP familiarisation service (2010: 1,665)

§ RX Systems:

o  high street pharmacy market share increased to over 34% (4,338 pharmacies) (2010: 25% (3,184 pharmacies)) 

o  Group synergies being realised

§ Transformation of healthcare delivery in the UK opening up new markets:

o  EMIS Web Integrated Care pathfinder projects progressing well 

o  EMIS IQ new up to six year contract with the NHS Information Centre to develop a secure data extraction service covering all EMIS GP practices in England.

o  Healthcare Gateway delivering pilots in Liverpool and Westminster and NHS Cumbria entered phase 2 of rollout of Out of Hours integrated access

⁽¹⁾  EMIS and RX Systems data estimated based on subsidiary company records showing customers installed and ordered (by contract or letter of intent) as at 31 December 2011

Current trading and outlook:

o  EMIS Group continues to trade in line with management expectations, with continuing strong revenue visibility

o  significant acceleration in the EMIS Web installation run rate planned throughout 2012

o  Current number of GP practices installed stands at 450 with orders placed for a further 1401; we expect the substantial majority of these to be installed during 2012.

Sean Riddell, Chief Executive of EMIS Group, said:

"2011 has been another busy year for EMIS Group. We have continued the controlled roll-out to GPs of EMIS Web our transformational healthcare system, whilst RX Systems substantially grew its market share and we are seeing additional benefits as a result of Group synergies.

"Despite the political upheaval and austerity challenges in the NHS, the cross-organisational potential of EMIS Web means the Group is well positioned to benefit from the "connect all" strategies throughout the UK. This is especially the case when coupled with the planned devolution of power to Clinical Commissioning Groups, ring fencing of the public health budget and with information sharing being the  key to better care outcomes and reduced cost."

There will be an analyst meeting at 9.30 am today at Numis Securities, 10 Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7LT.  Please contact Giles Robinson at MHP Communications on 0203 128 8100 for details.

Enquiries:

For further information, contact:

EMIS Group plc                                                                                             Tel: [phone]

Sean Riddell, CEO

www.emis-online.com

Numis Securities Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker)                          Tel: [phone]

Michael Meade/Simon Willis/James Black

MHP Communications                                                                                   Tel: [phone]

Reg Hoare/James White/Giles Robinson                       

Notes to Editors

EMIS Group is the UK's leading supplier of software and related services to GP practices and a major supplier to high street pharmacies. 53.1%^* of GP Practices in the UK have an EMIS system. In addition, 34.4%^* of high street pharmacies have an RX Systems application.

The Group's core activities include software development, software licensing and support, hardware support and maintenance services, hardware sales, third party software sales and training services.

The Group's software includes all of the functionality specified in NHS accreditation standards for GPs, including holding the patient's cradle to grave electronic healthcare record, practice appointment booking systems and consultation and intelligent prescribing modules as well as a full range of high street pharmacy software products and related services.

EMIS Web represents the next generation of clinical software systems and the Directors believe it has the potential to transform the delivery of healthcare by enabling GPs and other healthcare practitioners to connect with each other and securely share access to a patient's cradle to grave electronic health record.

Established in 1987, EMIS Group' shares were listed on AIM under the trading symbol EMIS.L following a successful fundraising in March 2010.

(^*EMIS  data estimated based on company records showing customers installed or ordered (by contract or letter of intent) as at 31 December 2011. RX Systems data is based on company records to 31 December 2011 and latest available data from The National Pharmaceutical Association as at March 2010)

Chairman and Chief Executive's Review

Introduction

EMIS Group, through its subsidiary companies EMIS and RX Systems, is a major provider of healthcare software, information technology and services in the UK. EMIS is the UK GP software market leader with 53.1% (2010: 53.8%) of UK GP practices.  RX Systems provides healthcare IT, software and services to 34.4% of UK high street pharmacies.

EMIS Group's core objective is to improve patient care by developing systems to help clinicians and others involved in patient care to create and mobilise each patient's electronic healthcare record.  Through EMIS Web, the Group is making significant progress towards delivery of cross organisational, integrated healthcare systems: an objective aligned with NHS strategy.

The NHS in England continues to be subject to both political upheaval and austerity challenges. Despite the detail not yet being clear, EMIS Group remains well positioned to benefit from the "connect all" strategies throughout the UK. This is especially the case given the central position of the GP in the planned devolution of power to Clinical Commissioning Groups, ring fencing of the public health budget and with information sharing being the key to better care outcomes and reduced cost.

The roll out of EMIS Web to GPs and our other projects and initiatives together represent substantial medium and long term growth opportunities for the Group.

EMIS GP Systems

EMIS' GP Systems business continues to perform well, responding to the ongoing changes within the NHS. Our overall UK market share, despite practice consolidation and competitor activity, remained little changed at 53.1% (5,397 GP practices) (2010: 53.8% (5,576 GP Practices)). Over 70% of our UK GP practices have used an EMIS system for over 10 years, reflecting the importance and embedded nature of the software. As anticipated in our annual report and accounts for 2010, the GP Systems of Choice framework agreement was extended on 28 March 2011 until 31 March 2013. 

In 2011 EMIS successfully installed almost all of its GP system orders in Scotland following the sales wins in 2010.  EMIS' system is one of only two available to GPs in Scotland and the deployed 505 systems are generating a recurring revenue stream of over £2m per annum.

On 30 November 2011 EMIS was shortlisted (with others) in relation to the NHS Wales Framework Agreement to include the delivery of a managed service, including the provision of GP clinical system software solutions via a central hosting arrangement, and support services and is now engaged in negotiations to take this forward to contract.

EMIS Web GP

Throughout 2011, we continued the controlled roll-out to GPs of EMIS Web, our transformational healthcare IT system, which we began in 2010. There were 360 GP practices using EMIS Web by the end of the year (2010: 44). EMIS provides a Familiarisation Service for those practices planning to upgrade to EMIS Web and, at the year end, this was installed in 2,359 practices (2010: 1,665). In total 1,565 orders for EMIS Web had been placed by the end of 2011 (2010: 433); this total figure now stands at 1,851.

We have also been investing in preparation for the significant acceleration in the rate of roll-out of EMIS Web during 2012.  This has involved a major expansion of internal resources for product stabilisation, development of additional functionality, and the additional training and field capacity needed to prepare for an acceleration of the roll-out. EMIS employee numbers rose from 782 to 900 including a strengthening of the management team to address EMIS Web and other growth opportunities. In December 2011, the Group also acquired an additional freehold property in North Leeds, at a cost of £1.8 million, providing the extra capacity to continue the Group's growth and support its investment plans.

We are building up our delivery capability to enable us to install in the order of 200 EMIS Web practices per month during the fourth quarter of 2012. We expect to have deployed the substantial majority of our outstanding EMIS Web GP order book (presently 1,401 practices) by the end of the current year.

EMIS Web Integrated Care

EMIS Web pathfinder projects that integrate other healthcare services with our GP systems are progressing well: projects in Liverpool, London, Cumbria, Cheshire and elsewhere are beginning to deliver our vision of Integrated Care with both clinical benefits and financial savings. 

Initial successes included a five year £1.8m contract in January 2011 to provide an electronic patient record across Cheshire in acute trust and community settings. By the year end 147 other healthcare services were starting to use EMIS Web for the delivery of integrated care. The majority of these were in pathfinder projects, however, in Tower Hamlets, Liverpool, Cheshire, Cumbria and elsewhere, 57 unique community and extended care services were beginning to run live services with EMIS Web. These include, for example, child services, anticoagulation, community matrons, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, A&E, flu' pandemic service, MacMillan Nurses, minor surgery, nursing home, occupational therapy, neurology, physiotherapy, polyclinics, smoking cessation and weight management services.

RX Systems

RX Systems has grown its market share to over 34% (4,338 pharmacies) (2010: 25% (3,184 pharmacies)). We are seeing additional benefits as a result of Group synergies, principally the hardware supply and related services for the majority of RX Systems' customers migrated to Egton (EMIS' hardware and engineering division) in September 2011. 

RX Systems has also commenced the first "Medicines Manager" pilot, where the GP and pharmacy electronically interoperate to support the ordering and dispensing of repeat prescriptions, helping pharmacists expand their services, work more efficiently, and play a greater role in the wider healthcare team. RX Systems has also deployed new electronic point of sale software with selected pharmacy users.

RX Systems represents a key strategic opportunity for EMIS Group to further develop its presence in the healthcare IT market and to progress its objective of joining up healthcare IT.

Healthcare Gateway

Healthcare Gateway is our 50:50 joint venture company established with INPS in 2010 to facilitate the sharing of patient data via a medical interoperability gateway. It is delivering pilots in Liverpool (electronic clinical correspondence to GPs) and Westminster (portal access to GP detailed care records) and, following a successful pilot, NHS Cumbria has entered phase two of their rollout to provide Out of Hours integrated access to approximately 500,000 GP detailed care records across the region.

EMIS IQ

As announced on 20 December 2011, EMIS IQ, our division created to meet the growing demand among healthcare organisations for high-quality clinical and management information, has been awarded an up to six-year contract with the NHS Information Centre.

Under the contract, EMIS will provide a secure data extraction service to support the new national General Practice Extraction Service (GPES) - a centrally managed system that will obtain information from GP practices across England for specific, approved purposes, using robust information governance principles to ensure patient confidentiality and privacy.

Patient.co.uk

The first step on our roadmap for Patient.co.uk, our patient information website to help patients play a key part in their own care and, ultimately, become users of EMIS Group's integrated healthcare systems, was to refine the content and relaunch the site. This was done on 2 February 2012, when we also launched a related iPhone app. The site is now receiving 4 million unique visitors monthly compared with 2.6 million in January 2011.

EMIS Canada ceased trading

As previously announced, EMIS Inc, the Canadian operation, ceased trading and all costs relating to the closure have been expensed in the year ending 31 December 2011.

Our Ethos and People

EMIS Group maintains its "healthcare first" ethos and reputation built on the efforts of its employees. We will continue to build on our strong foundations and are pleased with progress and performance to date, of which our employees can rightfully be proud. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our employees for their innovation, commitment and hard work without which this year could not have been such a success. 

Summary and Outlook

EMIS Group continues to trade in line with management expectations, with continuing strong revenue visibility.

Increasing the acceleration through 2012 of the roll-out of EMIS Web GP remains our primary focus whilst continuing to invest in our deployment resources. This acceleration underpins expected strong growth in recurring revenues during 2012 and beyond.

The current number of GP practices installed stands at 450 with orders placed for a further 1,401 practices.

We are building up the delivery capability to install in the order of 200 EMIS Web GP practices per month, and are accelerating the roll-out to reach this level during the fourth quarter of 2012. 

We are equally excited by the prospects for RX and for EMIS Web Integrated Care and, in the medium term, for our other growth opportunities and will continue to invest in further development resource in these areas through 2012.

Overall, we believe the Group is making significant progress towards delivery of our strategic vision of cross-organisational healthcare systems.

Financial Review 

Pre-tax profit for the year from continuing operations, which includes the first full year contribution from RX, amounted to £21.4m (2010: £18.1m, including RX for a 5 month period).

The trading results are particularly pleasing considering the EMIS additional staff intake during the year, largely for future benefit.

Selected financial extracts	2011			2010
	EMIS  £m	RX  £m	Total  £m	EMIS  £m	RX  £m	Total  £m
Revenue	59.6	13.6	73.2	56.9	5.0	61.9
including:
Recurring revenue:	49.7	11.4	61.1	46.6	4.2	50.8
Segmental operating profit :	20.7	1.6	22.3	19.7	0.2	19.9
- Add amortisation	2.2	0.9	3.1	2.1	0.3	2.4
- Deduct capitalised       development costs	(3.8)	-	(3.8)	(3.8)	-	(3.8)
Adjusted segmental operating profit	19.1	2.5	21.6	18.0	0.5	18.5
Group operating expenses			(0.8)			(0.3)
Adjusted Group operating profit(1)			20.8			18.2
					2011	2010
Cash and receivables less current bank debt and payables					£12.2m	£4.9m
Continuing operations:					Pence	Pence
EPS - reported					28.71	23.31
EPS - 2010 adjusted(2)						25.27
(1) 2010 is adjusted to exclude flotation and other transaction costs of £1.26m (2) 2010 adjusted EPS excludes flotation and other transaction costs of £1.26m less related tax relief of £0.16m

Revenue

Total group revenue from continuing operations was £73.2m, an increase of 18% over 2010.

Group recurring revenue from continuing operations, principally being licensing and software support, amounted to £61.1m, an increase of £10.3m over the previous year and representing 83% of total Group revenue from continuing operations (2010: EMIS and RX: 82%).

Recurring revenue includes hosting to Connecting for Health standards (including incremental EMIS Web recurring revenues), which amounted to £5.8m (2010: £4.5m).

Within EMIS, income from hardware sales, engineering services and training reduced slightly to £21.4m (2010: £21.7m).  Discretionary spending within the NHS on hardware, engineering services and training continued to be at lower levels, affected by pressure on budgets, political uncertainty and some holding back in anticipation of EMIS Web.

Profitability

The operating profit from continuing activities was £21.5m (2010: £19.6m, adjusted to add back flotation and other transaction costs of £1.3m) an increase of 9.7%.

Stripping out the capitalised internal development costs and amortisation of intangible assets, the adjusted operating profit from continuing activities was £20.8m (2010: £18.2m, further adjusted), an increase of 14%.

Taxation

The tax charge for the year of £4.4m is after taking into account a reduction, due to the release of deferred tax provisions, amounting to £0.3m arising from a lowering of the rate of corporation tax from 27% to 26% and also from research and development tax credits relating to prior periods of £0.7m.

Earnings per share ("EPS")

Basic and diluted EPS from continuing operations was 28.71p as against 23.31p for 2010 (2010 adjusted for flotation and other transaction costs, net of applicable tax relief was 25.27p). 

Cash

Principal cash movements were as follows:

	2011 £m	2010 £m
Cash from operations:
Generated from continuing operations	30.9	24.0
Less internal development costs capitalised	(3.8)	(3.8)
	27.1	20.2
Used for/other movements:
Discontinued operation	(0.8)	(1.8)
Acquisition of 78.9% of RX Systems (net of RX cash)	(0.2)	(3.1)
Acquisition of freehold property	(1.8)	-
Net spending on computers, cars, etc.	(4.4)	(5.3)
Bank term loan repayments	(1.2)	(1.2)
Share issues	-	24.0
Repayment of shareholder loans	-	(23.0)
Bank and other interest	(0.1)	(0.3)
Transactions in own shares	(0.9)	(0.1)
Tax paid	(5.6)	(3.9)
Dividends paid	(6.9)	(3.3)
	(21.9)	(18.0)
Cash increase in year	5.2	2.2

Balance sheet

The Group retains a strong balance sheet with net assets of £54.1m (2010: £46.8m) including cash of £12.6m (2010: £7.4m) and bank term loans reduced to £4.5m (2010: £5.7m).

Dividend

The Directors have adopted a progressive dividend policy. Subject to shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting on 24 April 2012, the board proposes paying a final dividend of 6.2p (2010: 5.6p) per ordinary share on 30 April 2012 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 13 April 2012. This would make a total dividend of 12.4p (2010: 11.2p) per ordinary share for 2011, an increase of 11%, reflecting the growth in earnings and the Board's confidence in the Group's future prospects.

Basis of preparation

The financial information set out above is abridged and does not constitute the Company's statutory financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2011. The financial information has been extracted from the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2011, which were approved by the board on 15 March 2012 and on which the auditors' have reported without qualification.

No statement has been made by the auditor under section 489(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006 in respect of these abridged financial statements.

The statutory financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2011 will be posted no later than 21 March 2012 to shareholders and, once approved, will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies following the Annual General Meeting on 24 April 2012.

Copies of the Annual Report and Financial Statements  for the year ended 31 December 2011 will be available on the Company's website www.emis-online.com/investors from 21 March 2012 and from the Company Secretary, EMIS Group plc, Fulford Grange Micklefield Lane, Rawdon, Leeds LS19 6BA.

GROUP STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

for the year ended 31 December 2011

			2011  £'000	2010  £'000
Continuing Operations
Revenue			73,238	61,900
Costs:
Changes in inventories			854	(29)
Cost of goods and services			(11,713)	(8,817)
Staff costs			(26,022)	(21,965)
Flotation and other transaction costs			-	(1,258)
Other operating expenses
- (including contract asset depreciation)			(10,272)	(7,748)
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation ("EBITDA")			26,085	22,083
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment			(1,486)	(1,317)
Amortisation of intangible assets			(3,081)	(2,433)
Operating profit			21,518	18,333
Finance income			100	51
Finance costs			(148)	(426)
Share of profit of associate			81	109
Share of joint venture loss			(116)	-
Profit before taxation			21,435	18,067
Income tax expense			(4,391)	(4,868)
Profit for the year from continuing operations			17,044	13,199
Discontinued operations
- Loss from discontinued operations			(1,894)	(1,961)
Total comprehensive income/profit for the year			15,150	11,238
Attributable to:
- equity holders of the parent			14,892	11,194
- non-controlling interest in subsidiary company			258	44
Total comprehensive income for the year			15,150	11,238
Earnings per share attributable to equity holders of the parent  -  basic and diluted earnings per share:			Pence per  share	Pence per  share
- from continuing operations			28.71	23.31
- from discontinued operations			(3.24)	(3.47)
			25.47	19.84

GROUP AND PARENT COMPANY BALANCE SHEETS

as at 31 December 2011

		Group		Company
		2011  £'000	2010  £'000	2011  £'000	2010  £'000
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Goodwill		21,951	21,951	-	-
Other intangible assets		28,591	29,284	-	-
Property, plant and equipment		14,836	12,058	-	-
Investments in subsidiaries				48,165	48,165
Investment in joint venture		-	-	-	-
Investment in associates		2,742	2,661	-	-
		68,120	65,954	48,165	48,165
Current assets
Inventories		1,422	668	-	-
Trade and other receivables		11,971	9,082	1,495	399
Cash and cash equivalents		12,606	7,442	97	14
		25,999	17,192	1,592	413
Total assets		94,119	83,146	49,757	48,578
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables		(6,324)	(5,169)	(67)	-
Current tax liabilities		(4,141)	(5,103)	-	-
Bank loans		(1,184)	(1,184)	(1,184)	(1,184)
Amount owed to subsidiary company				(9,110)	(9,100)
Contingent consideration re acquisition		(757)	(189)	(757)	(189)
Deferred income		(16,138)	(10,888)	-	-
		(28,544)	(22,533)	(11,118)	(10,473)
Non-current liabilities
Bank loans		(3,396)	(4,580)	(3,396)	(4,580)
Contingent consideration re acquisition		-	(757)	-	(757)
Deferred tax liability		(8,087)	(8,494)	-	-
		(11,483)	(13,831)	(3,396)	(5,337)
Total liabilities		(40,027)	(36,364)	(14,514)	(15,810)
NET ASSETS		54,092	46,782	35,243	32,768
EQUITY
Ordinary share capital		586	586	586	586
Share premium		24,767	24,767	24,767	24,767
Own shares held in trust		(1,061)	(120)	-	(120)
Retained earnings		26,789	18,796	9,890	7,535
Equity attributable to owners of the parent		51,081	44,029	35,243	32,768
Non-controlling interests		3,011	2,753	-	-
TOTAL EQUITY		54,092	46,782	35,243	32,768

GROUP AND PARENT COMPANY STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

for the year ended 31 December 2011

	Share  capital	Share  premium	Retained  earnings	Non -controlling  interest	Own shares held in trust	Total  Equity
	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000
Group
Balance at 1 January 2010	500	-	10,880	-	-	11,380
Acquisition of RX Systems	-	-	-	2,709	-	2,709
Transactions with owners
- proceeds from shares issued	86	24,767	-	-	-	24,853
- share acquisitions less sales	-	-	-	-	(120)	(120)
-value of employee services	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total comprehensive income
-  profit for the year	-	-	11,194	44	-	11,238
Dividend	-	-	(3,278)	-	-	(3,278)
Balance at 1 January 2011	586	24,767	18,796	2,753	(120)	46,782
Transactions with owners
- share acquisitions less sales	-	-	-	-	(941)	(941)
- value of employee services	-	-	7	-	-	7
Total comprehensive income
-  profit for the year	-	-	14,892	258	-	15,150
Dividends	-	-	(6,906)	-	-	(6,906)
Balance at 31 December 2011	586	24,767	26,789	3,011	(1,061)	54,092
		Share  capital	Share premium	Retained  earnings	Own shares held in trust	Total  Equity
		£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000
Company
Balance at 1 January 2010		500	-	7,890	-	8,390
Transactions with owners
- proceeds from shares issued		86	24,767	-	-	24,853
- share acquisitions less sales		-	-	-	(120)	(120)
- value of employee services		-	-	-	-	-
Total comprehensive income
- profit for the year attributable to equity holders of the company		-	-	2,923	-	2,923
Dividend		-	-	(3,278)	-	(3,278)
Balance at 1 January 2011		586	24,767	7,535	(120)	32,768
Transactions with owners
- re-allocation to current assets					120	120
- value of employee services		-	-	7	-	7
Total comprehensive income
-  profit for the year attributable to equity    holders of the company		-	-	9,254	-	9,254
Dividends		-	-	(6,906)	-	(6,906)
Balance at 31 December 2011		586	24,767	9,890	-	35,243

GROUP AND PARENT COMPANY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

for the year ended 31 December 2011

		Group		Company
		2011  £'000	2010  £'000	2011  £'000	2010  £'000
Cash flows from operating activities
-     Continuing operations		30,913	24,013	(658)	(2,162)
-     Discontinued operations		(766)	(1,832)	-	-
Cash flows from all operating activities		30,147	22,181	(658)	(2,162)
Finance costs		(132)	(409)	(132)	(373)
Finance income		100	51	-	-
Tax (paid)/received		(5,674)	(3,889)	351	611
Net cash generated from operating activities		24,441	17,934	(439)	(1,924)
Cash flows from investing activities Purchase of property, plant and equipment		(6,699)	(5,611)	-	-
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment		465	291	-	-
Internally developed software		(3,830)	(3,801)	-	-
Loans from subsidiary company-increase		-	-	10	9,339
Dividends received		-	-	10,000	4,500
Purchase of subsidiary (group - net of cash acquired)		-	(3,144)	-	(8,478)
Contingent consideration paid re acquisition		(189)	-	(189)	-
Net cash (used in)/generated from investing activities		(10,253)	(12,265)	9,821	5,361
Cash flows from financing activities Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares		-	24,146	-	24,146
Loan to Employee Benefits Trust-(increase)		-	-	(1,193)	-
Transactions in own shares held in trust		(918)	(116)	-	(116)
Bank term loan repayments		(1,200)	(1,200)	(1,200)	(1,200)
Shareholder loans repaid		-	(23,000)	-	(23,000)
Dividends paid		(6,906)	(3,278)	(6,906)	(3,278)
Net cash used in financing activities		(9,024)	(3,448)	(9,299)	(3,448)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		5,164	2,221	83	(11)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		7,442	5,221	14	25
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year		12,606	7,442	97	14

NOTES TO THE EXTRACTS

Cash generated from operations	Group		Company
Continuing operations	2011  £'000	2010  £'000	2011  £'000	2010  £'000
Profit before tax	21,435	18,067	9,074	2,573
Finance income	(100)	(51)	(10,000)	(4,500)
Finance costs	148	426	148	389
Share of profit of associate	(81)	(109)	-	-
Share of joint venture loss	116	-	-	-
Operating profit(loss) from continuing activities	21,518	18,333	(778)	(1,538)
Adjustment for non-cash items:
Amortisation of intangible assets	3,081	2,433	-	-
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment	3,395	2,820	-	-
Profit on transactions in own shares	(23)	(4)	-	(4)
Charge for share based remuneration	7	-	7	-
Joint venture loss adjusted on indebtedness	(116)	-	-	-
Operating cash flow before changes in working capital	27,862	23,582	(771)	(1,542)
Changes in working capital:
(Increase) decrease in inventory	(754)	40	-	-
(Increase) decrease in trade and other receivables	(2,889)	(35)	46	(48)
Increase (decrease) in trade and other payables	1,444	(1,142)	67	(572)
Increase in deferred income	5,250	1,568	-	-
Net cash flow from operating activities	30,913	24,013	(658)	(2,162)
Discontinued operation
Operating loss	(1,894)	(1,961)	-	-
Adjustment for non-cash items:
Impairment: - intangible assets - deferred taxation released	1,442 (375)	- -	- -	- -
Depreciation of plant and equipment	61	129	-	-
Net cash flow from discontinued operation	(766)	(1,832)	-	-

Operating segments

IFRS 8 'Operating Segments' provides for segmental information disclosure on the basis of information reported internally to the chief operating decision-maker for decision-making purposes. The group considers that this role is performed by the main board of directors.

The group has two principal operating segments, both involved with the supply and support of software and related services, namely (a) the EMIS business principally relating to GP practices and integrated care and (b) the RX Systems business, relating to community pharmacies.

Healthcare Gateway Limited ("HGL"), the joint venture formed during 2010 with In Practice Systems Limited to enable the sharing of patient data via a medical interoperability gateway, is reported for 2011 as a joint venture activity in accordance with the provisions of IFRS 11, which have been adopted early by the company. Accordingly, this activity is not reported as an operating activity for 2011, but was in the 2010 group statement of comprehensive income, as well as having been regarded by the board as an operating segment in those financial statements.

Each operating segment is assessed by the board based on a measure of adjusted EBIT.  This measurement basis excludes the effects of non-recurring expenditure from the operating segments such as restructuring costs and goodwill impairments.  Interest income and expenditure, cash and cash equivalents and bank and other loans are not allocated to segments, as this type of activity is managed by the board.

Segmental reporting

	2011			2010
	EMIS  £'000	RX  £'000	Total  £'000	EMIS  £'000	RX  £'000	Total  £'000
Continuing operations
Revenue	59,633	13,605	73,238	56,922	4,978	61,900
Segmental EBITDA (before contract asset depreciation)	26,292	2,484	28,776	24,594	579	25,173
Total depreciation	(3,313)	(82)	(3,395)	(2,790)	(30)	(2,820)
Segmental operating profit as reported internally	22,979	2,402	25,381	21,804	549	22,353
Amortisation
- on acquired assets	(2,076)	(851)	(2,927)	(2,076)	(354)	(2,430)
- on internally developed assets	(155)	-	(155)	(3)	-	(3)
Segmental operating profit for reporting purposes	20,748	1,551	22,299	19,725	195	19,920
Group operating expenses			(781)			(283)
Flotation and transaction costs			-			(1,258)
Share of HGL joint venture loss						(46)
Total operating profit			21,518			18,333
Finance costs net of income			(48)			(375)
Share of profit of associate			81			109
Share of HGL joint venture loss			(116)
Profit for the financial year before taxation			21,435			18,067

The RX 2010 figures relate to the five month post acquisition period.

Revenue excludes inter-group transactions.

Revenue within the EMIS segment of approximately £53.4m (2010 £52.2m) is derived from the NHS and related bodies.

	2011			2010
	EMIS  £'000	RX  £'000	Total  £'000	EMIS  £'000	RX  £'000	Total  £'000
Segmental assets as reported internally	25,250	2,952	28,202	19,190	2,172	21,362
Other segmental assets:
- Goodwill and intangible assets	38,788	11,754	50,542	38,630	12,605	51,235
	64,038	14,706	78,744	57,820	14,777	72,597
Non segmental assets:
- Group			26			48
- Investments in associate and joint venture			2,742			2,661
- Cash  and  cash equivalents			12,606			7,442
- Discontinued operation			1			398
Total assets as reported			94,119			83,146
Segmental liabilities as reported internally	(20,233)	(6,172)	(26,405)	(16,107)	(4,915)	(21,022)
Other segmental liabilities	(6,645)	(1,470)	(8,115)	(6,735)	(1,757)	(8,492)
	(26,878)	(7,642)	(34,520)	(22,842)	(6,672)	(29,514)
Non segmental liabilities:
- Group			(108)			(53)
- Bank loans			(4,580)			(5,764)
- Contingent consideration			(757)			(946)
- Discontinued operation			(62)			(87)
Total liabilities as reported			(40,027)			(36,364)
Capital expenditure in the year on property, plant and equipment, reported in non-current assets, amounted to £6,540,000 for EMIS and £156,000 for RX.

Finance income	2011  £'000	2010  £'000
Bank interest	57	48
Other interest	2	-
Profit on sale of own shares	23	3
Exchange profit	18	-
	100	51

Finance costs	2011  £'000	2010  £'000
Bank loans	132	159
Other loans	-	197
Exchange loss	-	54
Amortisation of bank loan issue costs	16	16
	148	426

Operating profit	2011  £'000	2010  £'000
The following have been included in arriving at operating profit:
Research and development expenditure	5,629	5,124
Development expenditure capitalised	(3,830)	(3,801)
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
- depreciation of owned assets	3,395	2,798
Amortisation of intangible assets
- arising on business combinations	2,927	2,430
- internally generated	154	3
Operating lease rentals
- land and buildings	444	298
- plant and equipment	88	40
Net foreign exchange (profit)/loss	(18)	54
The total research and development cost shown above of £5,629,000 (2010: £5,124,000), consists of the direct salary and national insurance costs of relevant UK staff and the costs of Australian based staff.  Software development costs amounting to £3,830,000 (2010: £3,801,000) have, in accordance with the criteria set out in IAS 38, been capitalised.

Income tax expense	2011  £'000	2010  £'000
Income tax:
- current tax charge	5,153	4,841
- prior year tax charge	(730)	(14)
Total current tax	4,423	4,827
Deferred taxation:
- current period	(32)	41
Total deferred tax	(32)	41
Total tax charge in group statement of comprehensive income	4,391	4,868
Factors affecting the tax charge for the year:
Profit before tax	21,435	18,067
Profit before taxation multiplied by the averaged domestic income tax rate in the UK of 26.5% (2010 - 28%)	5,680	5,059
Tax effects of:
- expenses not deductible for tax purposes	28	174
- research and development enhanced relief	(278)	-
- joint venture/ associate reported net of tax	9	(31)
- adjustment for prior periods	(730)	(14)
- deferred tax rate change	(318)	(320)
Tax charge for the year	4,391	4,868

Earnings per share ("EPS") Number of ordinary shares (millions)	2011	2010
Reconciliation of weighted average:
- in issue	58.55	56.42
- held as own shares in Treasury by Employee Benefit Trust	(0.08)	(0.01)
- adjusted number used in basic EPS calculation	58.47	56.41
Effect of potentially dilutive securities:
- share options	-	-
Weighted average used in diluted EPS	58.47	56.41

Shares under option are only regarded as dilutive when, applying fair value (determined as the average share price of the company's shares since the date of the grant of options including the IFRS 2 fair value of future employee services), they would result in the issue of ordinary shares for less than the average price of ordinary shares during the period since the date of grant. As indicated above, there has been no actual dilutive effect during the period.

The issued ordinary share capital of the company was subdivided from £1 shares into one penny shares on 29 March 2010.  For consistency, the number of shares shown above assumes that one penny shares were in issue throughout. 

The weighted average number of shares in issue for 2010 takes account of the issue of 8,333,334 shares on 29 March 2010 and 216,683 shares on 19 August 2010.

	2011			2010
Earnings per ordinary share	Earnings £'000	No. of shares (million)	Amount per share (pence)	Earnings £'000	No. of shares (million)	Amount per share (pence)
Basic and diluted EPS:
Earnings attributable to equity holders	14,892	58.47	25.47	11,194	56.41	19.84

 

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